E. Hill De Loney, Kent Key, Nayyirah Shariff, Chris Kolb, and moderator Donald Vereen and host Paula Lantz discuss how the local public can engage in policy-focused dialogue. October, 2016.
Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin and Ford School professor John Ciorciari have an in-depth conversation on the future of Sino-U.S. economic relations. October, 2016.
Colonel Kevin C. Riley, Abigail Beniston, Arthur Jemison, Kerry Duggan, Gary Indiana Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, and moderator Cecilia Munoz discuss initiatives geared toward improving Rustbelt cities. September, 2016.
General George W. Casey, Jr. talks about how the rise of non-state actors with global reach, like al Qaida and ISIS, has significantly complicated an already difficult international security environment. March, 2016.
Christopher R. Hill talks about his experiences on the frontlines in the U.S. State Department as well as touching on the issues of the day. January, 2016.
Ford School faculty member Gretchen Whitmer opens her class to the community & welcomes special guests Judge Steven W. Rhodes, Judge Gerald E. Rosen, Judge Mike Gadola, Sen. Randy Richardville, Chad Livengood, & Rep. Tommy Stallworth.
The authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer, of the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," discuss the major themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States. October, 2015.
In this Book Talks, James House about his book Beyond Obamacare. James then joins Helen Levy, Richard Lichtenstein on a panel to discuss health care and his book moderated by Paula Lantz.
Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve System and CEO of TIAA-CREF Roger Ferguson and Professor of Public Policy and Economics Justin Wolfers sit down for a conversation about retirement the economy and other topics. September, 2015.
Thomas Miller discusses the diplomacy and development from a practitioner's perspective and the threats to diplomacy that exist today. September, 2015.
Daniel Geary, the author of Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and its Legacy, examines the relationship between the Moynihan Report and the civil rights movement. April, 2015.
2013 Livingston Award winner Luke Mogelson, Joel Lovell, John Ciorciari and Susan Waltz discuss the themes of "The Dream Boat," Mogelson's New York Times Magazine story about the plight of political asylum seeker
Borenstein discusses economic changes in the utility business, wholesale electricity markets, the impact on retail electricity distribution, and the incentives created for generators, distributors, and consumers of electricity.
Alejandro Castillejo-Cuéllar’s lecture explores how socio-political injuries in the national context and history of Colombia's armed conflict are simultaneously located across multiple faultlines of place, time and space. September 2014.
Margo Picken, John Ciorciari and moderator Susan Waltz discuss the positive and negative effects of the UN-backed Khmer Rouge trials that began several years ago in "extraordinary chambers" of the courts of Cambodia. April, 2014.
Christina Romer examines financial crises of the past and explains implications for what Europe and other areas should do today, and for what policies should be used in future crises. April, 2014.
